Full Circle

Summary: What do a college girl, an abandoned little girl, a police detective have in common in a city full of undead? They're just trying to survive.

Agent Hunk of the Umbrella Special Forces quietly inhaled and exhaled thru his gas mask. One of his men, dressed in the same manner as him, was busy going thru a file cabinet. His job was to remove any trace on file that the G-virus was ever there. Meanwhile, Bravo team, was busy in acquiring the actual G-virus itself. Hunk approached one of the desks, pulled out the chair, sat down then laid his MP5 on the desk. Suddenly his radio crackled.

"Sir!"

Annoyed, Hunk responded. "What is it?"

"We're about to enter the main lab area."

"What? Do you want a fucking cookie? Just get it done and get out of there."

"Understood sir. And if we encounter resistance?"

"Introduce your rifle butt to their face."

"Understood sir. Out." Hunk sighed as he stood up. He looked over to the young lieutenant. The man, Steele, was new to the unit. When they first entered the underground lab, Steele jumped at every little noise which made Hunk chuckle. Hunk retrieved his MP5 and went to the door. He turned to Steele.

"I'll just be a minute. Let me know when your done."

Steele nodded and went back to his work. Hunk pressed a button on the door control and watched as the door hissed then retracted into the ceiling. Hunk saw two vending machines and a row of seats next to it. Hunk shouldered the gun and dug in his pocket. He produced some crisp bills and a small handful of change. Hunk eyed his selection and inserted the proper amount. Hunk collapsed into a seat. He removed his weapon and set it next to him, he removed his helmet next then his gas mask. Hunk popped the top off the soda and took a sip. Hunk leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees, he set the can down next to his boot and ripped open the candy bar. He took a large bite of the candy bar and contemplated some things as he chewed. His radio flared to life again.

"Sir!"

Hunk spit out his candy bar and answered his radio. "Someone better be dead."

"Sir, we have the sample sir. But we've run into a problem."

Hunk sighed. "What kind?"

"Dr. William Birkin has been killed. Sir."

Hunk ran hand over his eyes then replaced his gear. He picked up his weapon and slung it across his back. "I should have taken care of this myself." Hunk ran back into the file room. "Steele, pack it in. We're leaving. Now!" Steele shook then quickly shoved the files into his back pack then slid it on. The two men exited the room and almost collided with the two men Hunk sent to retrieve the sample. Hunk was clearly furious. "Robinson, tell me what the fuck happened. Now!"

"Sir, we entered the lab area and we demanded the sample from Birkin. He refused and produced a pistol. We later discovered that he accidentally knocked over a canister, we assumed he fired at us and we disabled him."

Hodges spoke up, walking in step with Steele. "Disabled him? You emptied the fucking clip into him!"

Hunk stopped them before they got into an argument. "Did your retrieve the sample or not?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Good. We can salvage something out of this."

The trip to the sewers wasn't a long one. They were almost at the exit when they heard it. A very loud and unhuman roar. It sounded close but at the same time very distant. Steele was about an inch from pissing his pants. "What the fuck was that?"

"Something that probably wants to kill us." The small group began to pick up the pace. Hunk stopped the small group, he turned to Hodges and Robinson. "When you got the sample from Birkin, did you get all of the samples?"

"Yes, sir. We're positive."

The roar sounded again, much closer this time. Hunk pointed to the two with the case. "Move down the southeast tunnel, try and secure a faster route out of here. We'll cover you." The two men nodded and moved down the tunnel. Hunk and Steele heard a roar come from the southeast tunnel followed by gunfire. "Shit!" Hunk ran down the tunnel followed by Steele, suddenly Robertson went flying into a wall. His chest was ripped to shreds. Hunk looked down the tunnel and saw Hodges shooting at a large black mass that was slowly making it's way towards him. Hodges stopped to reloaded and the mass drove a set of claws thru his chest, Hodges' gun fell from his loose fingers then he joined it. Hunk and Steel raised their weapons and fired at the large mass as it roared and charged at them.

None of them cared about the sample case which had fallen and broken open, several unmarked vials had broken on the sewer floor where rats had congregated. The large mass swung the clawed hand with an uppercut and sliced open Steele's chest. Hunk watched as the young man fell to the ground, he looked back up at the large mass as it was about to charge. Hunk ejected his empty magazine and pulled another from his vest. Hunk jumped back as the large mass raked it's large claw across the wall where Hunk had been standing, Hunk backed up against the wall behind him. Hunk ripped off his gas mask. "Come on you fucking cocksucker!" He screamed as he unloaded his weapon at the monster as it charged. Hunk could feel the claws rake his body armor but they didn't land on flesh, the force of the blow sent Hunk reeling into the far wall next to Robertson's lifeless corpse. Hunk watched as the large creature walked right past him, Hunk's final thoughts before he passed out were "Why God? Why didn't you kill me?"

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